The interview:

Telecommunication – Mark Robinson, WELS member and administrator of the ShopWELS program, joins Martin and Sallie to discuss cost saving ideas for congregations and schools in the area of telecommunications, both telephone and Internet.

del.icio.us user rafaust shared a link via the welstech tag to Doodle (www.doodle.ch), a tool for creating free online polls. One way to use it is for narrowing down a common meeting time for a group of people.

Pastor James Wilcox of Rapid City, SD wrote to share info on a free Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution he’s using called Hamachi.

Listener Karl Henselin wrote with a follow-up to our discussion last week about Logos Bible study software. He shared links to two other cost-effective Bible programs, E-sword and BibleGateway.com.

The discussion:

The efficient church office – Martin and Sallie discuss cost-effective ways to make your church office more efficient including possibilities for a virtual office, affordable software solutions and image options in this follow-up to last week’s discussion.

The interview:

Logos – Today Martin and Sallie talk with Pastor Aaron Frey, Emanuel Lutheran Church and School, Tawas City, MI, about Logos Bible software and the new People’s Bible series on CD for Logos from Northwestern Publishing House

Listener Dave Heup shared a follow up to the Scratch programming language pick of the week from Episode 003–
Dave recommends the Alice programming language (www.alice.org) developed by Carnegie Mellon University as a more challenging language for students who master Scratch

The featured artist:

WELS contemporary Christian musician Michael Schroeder singing The One from his CD Fuel For The Soul – www.michaelschroeder.com

The discussion:

The efficient church (and school) office – Why is it important to have an efficient church office and what systems in the church office can be improved upon? Listen to part one of a two-part discussion as Martin and Sallie examine communication, collaboration, online calendars, and church management software in the efficient church office.

This week Martin and Sallie discuss using technology to assist with ministry to seniors – a growing demographic segment of WELS congregations. They also wrap up the copyright interview with WELS lawyer Harvey Dunn.

The discussion:

Technology in senior ministry – How can technology assist in ministry to senior citizens? Martin and Sallie look at stats on this growing demographic and explore usability issues as well as ideas for engaging seniors through technology.